Calendar of chess events in Adelaide SA Australia with & quick classical tournaments
After a short break we are back with our regular Tuesday & Thursday evening chess from January 14th. See you on Tuesday.
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3 chess books & 2 chess boards, radio & drink
Boxing Day cricket on the radio & chess on the table 🏏♟️
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SACA December Classical Chess Tournament, 29-30 December, FIDE rated, 5 rounds of 75+30, Adelaide Australia
Our FIDE rated December Classical is coming up soon. Sponsored by the Hosworth Foundation it is a great way to end your chess year. Register online to play.
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South Australian Chess Association Lidums Australian Allegro Championship at Glenelg.
Less than a week until we host the Lidums Australian Allegro Championship at Glenelg. Register online for South Australia's Premier One Day Chess Tournament.
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Calendar of chess events in Adelaide including team chess, rapid chess, individual classical, junior chess & the Australian Allegro Championships
Tuesdays & Thursdays until Christmas we are hosting rapid & blitz chess. Take a break from watching the World Chess Championship & play with us.
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Photo collage of 8 Australian native plants & a Magpie (bird) found in Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Been filling my phone with photos from my lunch walks over the past few weeks. 📸💚
Photos from Kaurna Land, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
En Passant should be played as often as possible. 😜
I've had En Passant OTB a few times & often the opponent doesn't know how to write the move on their score sheet 🤔
Blue Sky is bringing back memories of Twitter a few years ago when my feed was mostly chess.
I've now moved Twitter off my main screen on my phone. But same, each time I open it, I remember it's not fun any more.
Last year I was arbiter & a player had a big attack, moved a rook & announced Checkmate & went to shake hands. (He thought it was)
The opponent was quite flustered (& luckily had a good look at the position) then said no it's not & proceeded to take the rook that was now hanging & went on to win.
I was an Arbiter at the Australian Junior Championship earlier in the year.
(Especially in the under 8's) So many hands went up each round ...... "Is this mate?"
6/6 is very impressive. Congratulations on the tournament win Kevin ♟️
Favourite is tough to answer.
On YT I usually watch something educational like openings overviews, speedruns, but honestly it's while I'm doing the dishes so only partly concentrating 😂
Some of the chess podcasts like chessdojo have video but usually listen only.
Surprisingly I've stuck to 1.d4 2.c4 for my entire 11 week OTB tournament. The longest I've ever kept up d4. Might go back to English, Spanish or Scotch soon.
Been trying Caro Kann online, but as a Sicilian player, can't bring myself to play CK OTB.
Still deciding between Slav (not Semi) or Nimzo.
e4
Sicilian Najdorf
Draw
55 moves
Ding v Gukesh, FIDE Chess World Championship, Singapore 2024
Round 3 starts in an hour.
What's your prediction for opening & result?
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A few years ago some chesspunks did Advent Openings on Twitter.
First 24 days of December, 24 posts, 24 games, 24 different openings.
No one's losing to any 8 year olds tonight 😜
Enjoy the experience
Or in 2 words:
Have fun
Here's a video for chess,com
youtube.com/shorts/FauTf...
I've seen it done online before but it may have been some sort of add-in.
Round 10 (of 11) of our teams Pennant #chess tournament tonight. Anyone who gets a foerfit tonight, will be just in time to watch the Chess World Championship between Ding & Gukesh.
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What broadcast are #ChessPunks watching #Chess World Championship on?
Round 1 I watched #FIDE YouTube with David Howell & Jovanka Houska. Plus a bit of Chess24 with Danya & Judit Polgar and ChessDojo with David P & Jesse K.
Some other broadcasts; ChessBase India, Anish Giri, Lichess, Take Take Take.
Well done 🏆
Congratulations, well done.
That looks like a Vega screen 👀
We use Vega in Australia
David & Jovanka were good on the FIDE broadcast for game 1.
Bringing back memories from Chess24 a few years ago 🥰
Google Doodle celebrating chess. Each of the letters of Google have chess pieces in them
The Google Doodle is Chess 💚 to celebrate the opening of the Chess World Championship 🏆
#chess #chesspunks #google #chessworldchampionships #DingGukesh #fide
Chess commentary with a chessboard on the desk
We could pay to broadcast the official board footage.
Take Take Take: we have boards at home.
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Ding v Gukesh Chess World Championship starts today
7:30pm tonight (Adelaide time) the Chess World Championship between Ding 🇨🇳 & Gukesh 🇮🇳kicks off. Chess fans all around the world will be watching. Who are you going for?
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Just have fun & enjoy the experience. Don't worry about results.
You'll face 1.d4 more than you get online 😜
In OTB tournaments 1.d4 is almost as common as 1.e4, but online (at lower levels) e4 is a lot more common.
Although you can easily go a whole tournament getting one & not the other 🤷